UPCOMING AREA EVENTS

Today-Wednesday. Terrebonne High’s volleyball team will hold varsity tryouts for the upcoming season today through Wednesday. The tryouts will take place in Terrebonne’s girls gym and will last from 2:30-4:30 p.m. each day.

Tuesday. The 2012 Tiger Tour will be returning to the area on May 15 at the Thibodaux Civic Center. Doors will open at 6 p.m. with the program scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. LSU football coach Les Miles is scheduled to appear and other special guests. Tickets are $50 per person. Prices for tables of eight are $350 (gold table), $1,000 (purple table) and $2,500 (Tiger table). For information, call Myra Simon at (225)-265-7766 or (225) 571-4627 or via email triparishtour@att.net or Kelly Landy at 800-644-4823.

Wednesday. The Thibodaux Bantam Football Club will be holding registration for the 2012 season on May 16, 23 and 30 at Peltier Park. Registration is at 6:30 p.m. each day. The age groups are 7-8, 9-10 and 11-12. The age group birthday deadline is Sept. 29. For information, call Jamie Himel at 271-2740 or George Boudreaux at 225-445-3462.

Saturday-June 18. The “Hoop-La” basketball instructional camp will take place with three sessions at Houma Christian School’s gym in June. The camp’s sessions are on June 4-8 (ages 7-9), June 11-15 (ages 10-13) and June 18-22 (ages 14-17). The camp is for boys and girls, and registration dates are from 9:30 a.m. to noon on May 12, May 19 and May 26 in Houma Christian’s gym. The cost is $70. For information, call Houma Christian boys basketball coach Freddie Frye at 413-9022 or Houma Christian’s school office at 851-7423.

May 19. The Fourth Annual HTV-10 Friday Night Sports All-Star Baseball Classic will be held at Nicholls State’s Ray E. Didier Field in Thibodaux on May 19. The doubleheader will feature all-star senior baseball players from Lafourche, Terrebonne, Assumption and St. Mary Parishes in a Class 5A against Classes 4A-1A format. The main sponsor of the event is the Sports Medicine Center of Thibodaux Regional Medical Center. For more information, visit www.fnsallstarclassic.com.

May 19. LR8 Sports Club will host four upcoming baseball and softball camps at Vandebilt Catholic. The club will host two one-day clinics on May 19 and May 26 for boys and girls ages 6-16 at Vandebilt. The cost is $30.The club will hold two four-day camps for boys and girls on May 28 through May 31 and June 25 though June 28 at Vandebilt. The cost is $100. For information, call 274-7282, e-mail xlr8sports@rocketmail.com or visit www.xlr8sportsclub.com.

May 21. The High Vaultage pole vaulting club is accepting registration for their summer competition team until May 21. The team will host practices at their club from 4-6 p.m. at 2043 Coteau Road in Houma. The team will compete in about four AAU track and field meets this summer. Anyone interested in joining can register at 4-6 p.m. on Monday, Wednesday and Friday at the club or contact Kevin Trosclair at

985-381-1410 or Daniel Trosclair 985-226-2745.

May 28-July 8. The Louisiana Cross Country Runner’s Club will hold a kids running camp for ages 5 through 18 on May 28 through July 6. The camp will be held at the Air Base Recreation Park, located at 201 Moffet Road in Houma. Registration will be held at 1-4 p.m. on May 19-20 at the Holiday Inn. The costs are $165 per child, $150 per child if two kids sign up and $135 per child if three or more signs up. For information, contact Cynthia at 791-8954 or visit www.louisianacrosscountryrunnersclub.com.

May 29-June 1. Vandebilt Catholic’s girls basketball team will host its girls summer “Hoop-It-Up” camp on May 29 through June 1 in Vandebilt’s gym.The camp is girls in kindergarden through eighth grades. The cost of the camp is $60, and registration will take place at 7:45 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. in Vandebilt’s gym on May 29. For information, call Vandebilt girls basketball coach Kathy Luke at 868-5623 or 804-3457.

May 30-June 1. The Future Stars Volleyball Camp will have two individual all skills camps at Lisa Park Gym in Houma. Session I will be held May 30 to June 1 for third to seventh graders. The times are 8:30-11:45 a.m. (May 30-31) and tournament play from 8:30-11:30 a.m. (June 1). The camp cost is $70. Session II will be June 4 to 6 for eighth to 12th graders. The times are 8:30-11:45 a.m. (June 4-5) and tournament play from 8:30-11:30 a.m. (June 6). The camp cost is $70. The fee includes instruction, Future Stars Volleyball T-shirt and guest speakers. Concessions will be sold each day.

Registration deadline for each camp is May 23. For information, contact Chelsey Lucas-Nicholas at 381-1163 or cllucas_72@yahoo.com.

June 2. The Bayou Angels, a local non-profit organization, will hold its Second Annual Clay Shoot at Tri-Parish Sporting Clays on June 2 in order to raise money for local families in need for the holiday season. All food and drinks will be included in the cost of the team and there will be entertainment and a live auction. For information call Michele Poiencot at 858-2109 or Myron Lopez at 868-3928. You can also email them at mpoiencot@thecrossgroup.com or at mlopez@thecrossgroup.com.

June 4. The Houma-Terrebonne Chamber of Commerce will host its fourth annual golf tournament (four-man scramble) on June 4 at Ellendale Country Club. It will include food and drinks on the course as well as door prizes and golf-related awards for closest to the hole, longest drive and hole-in-ones. It will feature two shotgun starts, one morning flight beginning at 7:30 a.m. and an afternoon flight beginning at 12:30 p.m. The entry fee is $150 per person or $500 per four-member team. Entry fees include mixer registration, green fees, tournament specialty items, golf carts, refreshments, breakfast, lunch, driving range fees, prizes, diddy bag and team photo. The deadline to register is May 25. The registration form is available on the Chamber’s Web site at www.houmachamber.com. For information e-mail Kay Thibodeaux at kay@houmachamber.com or call 985-876-5600.

June 4-7. Jerwaski Coleman’s Basketball Academy Camp for boys and girls ages 7-13 will be held June 4-7 from 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at the Houma Junior High Gym. The cost in $40 per camper and there is also a sibling rate. The camp teaches fundamentals to advanced and beginning players. All campers receive a T-Shirt. For information, call Coleman at 855-1982 or email lilwaski12@yahoo.com or at jerwaskicoleman@tpsd.org.

June 8-9. Terrebonne High School will host its first annual alumni basketball tournament on June 8-9 in the school’s gym. The entry fee is $100 per team for pre-registration before June 6 and $125 if registered on the day of the tournament. A $50 deposit is required to pre-register. All proceeds will go to the Terrebonne basketball programs. The tournament is open to all alumni from all local schools. No current high school players are allowed to participate. The tournament will have a double-elimination format, and each team will be guaranteed two games. There will also be a dunk and 3-point contest, with a $10 entry fee. Louisiana High School Athletic Association officials will referee the games. The cost of admission for non-players is $2, and concessions will be provided for all fans and players. For information, call Terrebonne High boys basketball coach Derek Szush at 985-859-4438.

June 11-13. The E.D. White Catholic Cardinal Summer Baseball Camp will be held June 11-13 at the Thibodaux school. It’s for boys 5-13 and will go from 9 a.m. to noon each day, and the cost is $75 per camper. Campers will be instructed by E.D. White baseball coach Shane Trosclair on pitching, hitting and fielding techniques. For information contact Trosclair at strosclair@htdiocese.org.

June 11-14 and June 18-21. Vandebilt Catholic will hold its summer baseball camps June 11-14 and June 18-21 from 9 to 11:30 a.m. daily at the school’s baseball diamond. The cost is $75 per camper on May 26 and $85 per camper on June 2. Registration will be held at the baseball field entrance from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. each day. Campers will receive a T-shirt and forms can be printed from the school’s website (www.vandebiltcatholic.org). For information, call Vandebilt coach Keith Richard at 985-688-6377.

June 18-21 and June 25-28. The 17th Annual Scott Gauthreaux Skills and Drills Basketball Camp for boys and girls entering kindergarten-ninth grade will be held at the Lisa Park Gym from 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. daily. The cost is $70 per camper or $80 at the door. The cost for two campers is $120 or $150 at the door. One player can also attend both sessions for $120. Gauthreaux, Ellender High’s boys coach and Thibodaux High’s boys coach Tony Clark will provide instruction. For information call Gauthreaux at 879-4789 or email him at gotro86@gmail.com.

June 25-29. Challenger Sports will brings its British soccer camp to the Bayou Black Fields in Houma June 25-29. Campers will be instructed by British coaches and the camp is open to boys and girls 3-18. Many sessions are offered from $79 to $171. Team camp rates are also offered. Each camper will receive a soccer T-Shirt, a soccer ball a soccer poster and a personalized skills performance evaluation. For information, visit challengersports.com, call Nick Rundell at 469-713-2737 or contact John Hastings at 876-4270.

July 16-18. E.D. White Catholic will host a football skills camp on July 16-18 at Yockey Bernard Field at Harvey Peltier Memorial Stadium in Thibodaux. The camp is for boys in grades 4-8, and it will be held from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. each day. The cost is $80, which includes a camp T-Shirt. For information, contact camp instructor Chris Bergeron at 446-8486.

July 22-28. The Eurotech Soccer Academy will hold a camp for boys and girls 7-18 on July 22-28 at Nicholls State University in Thibodaux. Nicholls soccer coach Dylan Harrison is a regional director for Eurotech Soccer. There are three sessions available (July 22-25, individual techniques and tactics, July 25-28, striker school and shooting and finishing and July 22-28 combo with Sessions 1 and 2). There are numerous camp programs available and tuiton starts at $495 a player. For information visit http://www.eurotechsoccer.com/ResCamps/camplocationla/index_E.html or call 1-800-679-9830.

<p class="bold allcaps">TOODAY</p>
<p>COLLEGE BASEBALL</p><p>Nicholls State at LSU, 6:30 p.m.</p><p>MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL</p><p>Las Vegas 51s at New Orleans Zephyrs, 11:30 a.m.</p><p>COLLEGE SPORTS</p><p>LSU Tiger Tour at the Warren J. Harang, Jr. Municipal Auditorium in Thibodaux, 6 p.m.</p><h3>UPCOMING AREA EVENTS</h3>
<p>Today-Wednesday. Terrebonne High's volleyball team will hold varsity tryouts for the upcoming season today through Wednesday. The tryouts will take place in Terrebonne's girls gym and will last from 2:30-4:30 p.m. each day.</p><p>Tuesday. The 2012 Tiger Tour will be returning to the area on May 15 at the Thibodaux Civic Center. Doors will open at 6 p.m. with the program scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. LSU football coach Les Miles is scheduled to appear and other special guests. Tickets are $50 per person. Prices for tables of eight are $350 (gold table), $1,000 (purple table) and $2,500 (Tiger table). For information, call Myra Simon at (225)-265-7766 or (225) 571-4627 or via email triparishtour@att.net or Kelly Landy at 800-644-4823.</p><p>Wednesday. The Thibodaux Bantam Football Club will be holding registration for the 2012 season on May 16, 23 and 30 at Peltier Park. Registration is at 6:30 p.m. each day. The age groups are 7-8, 9-10 and 11-12. The age group birthday deadline is Sept. 29. For information, call Jamie Himel at 271-2740 or George Boudreaux at 225-445-3462.</p><p>Saturday-June 18. The “Hoop-La” basketball instructional camp will take place with three sessions at Houma Christian School's gym in June. The camp's sessions are on June 4-8 (ages 7-9), June 11-15 (ages 10-13) and June 18-22 (ages 14-17). The camp is for boys and girls, and registration dates are from 9:30 a.m. to noon on May 12, May 19 and May 26 in Houma Christian's gym. The cost is $70. For information, call Houma Christian boys basketball coach Freddie Frye at 413-9022 or Houma Christian's school office at 851-7423. </p><p>May 19. The Fourth Annual HTV-10 Friday Night Sports All-Star Baseball Classic will be held at Nicholls State's Ray E. Didier Field in Thibodaux on May 19. The doubleheader will feature all-star senior baseball players from Lafourche, Terrebonne, Assumption and St. Mary Parishes in a Class 5A against Classes 4A-1A format. The main sponsor of the event is the Sports Medicine Center of Thibodaux Regional Medical Center. For more information, visit www.fnsallstarclassic.com.</p><p>May 19. LR8 Sports Club will host four upcoming baseball and softball camps at Vandebilt Catholic. The club will host two one-day clinics on May 19 and May 26 for boys and girls ages 6-16 at Vandebilt. The cost is $30.The club will hold two four-day camps for boys and girls on May 28 through May 31 and June 25 though June 28 at Vandebilt. The cost is $100. For information, call 274-7282, e-mail xlr8sports@rocketmail.com or visit www.xlr8sportsclub.com.</p><p>May 21. The High Vaultage pole vaulting club is accepting registration for their summer competition team until May 21. The team will host practices at their club from 4-6 p.m. at 2043 Coteau Road in Houma. The team will compete in about four AAU track and field meets this summer. Anyone interested in joining can register at 4-6 p.m. on Monday, Wednesday and Friday at the club or contact Kevin Trosclair at</p><p>985-381-1410 or Daniel Trosclair 985-226-2745.</p><p>May 28-July 8. The Louisiana Cross Country Runner's Club will hold a kids running camp for ages 5 through 18 on May 28 through July 6. The camp will be held at the Air Base Recreation Park, located at 201 Moffet Road in Houma. Registration will be held at 1-4 p.m. on May 19-20 at the Holiday Inn. The costs are $165 per child, $150 per child if two kids sign up and $135 per child if three or more signs up. For information, contact Cynthia at 791-8954 or visit www.louisianacrosscountryrunnersclub.com.</p><p>May 29-June 1. Vandebilt Catholic's girls basketball team will host its girls summer “Hoop-It-Up” camp on May 29 through June 1 in Vandebilt's gym.The camp is girls in kindergarden through eighth grades. The cost of the camp is $60, and registration will take place at 7:45 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. in Vandebilt's gym on May 29. For information, call Vandebilt girls basketball coach Kathy Luke at 868-5623 or 804-3457.</p><p>May 30-June 1. The Future Stars Volleyball Camp will have two individual all skills camps at Lisa Park Gym in Houma. Session I will be held May 30 to June 1 for third to seventh graders. The times are 8:30-11:45 a.m. (May 30-31) and tournament play from 8:30-11:30 a.m. (June 1). The camp cost is $70. Session II will be June 4 to 6 for eighth to 12th graders. The times are 8:30-11:45 a.m. (June 4-5) and tournament play from 8:30-11:30 a.m. (June 6). The camp cost is $70. The fee includes instruction, Future Stars Volleyball T-shirt and guest speakers. Concessions will be sold each day.</p><p>Registration deadline for each camp is May 23. For information, contact Chelsey Lucas-Nicholas at 381-1163 or cllucas_72@yahoo.com.</p><p>June 2. The Bayou Angels, a local non-profit organization, will hold its Second Annual Clay Shoot at Tri-Parish Sporting Clays on June 2 in order to raise money for local families in need for the holiday season. All food and drinks will be included in the cost of the team and there will be entertainment and a live auction. For information call Michele Poiencot at 858-2109 or Myron Lopez at 868-3928. You can also email them at mpoiencot@thecrossgroup.com or at mlopez@thecrossgroup.com.</p><p>June 4. The Houma-Terrebonne Chamber of Commerce will host its fourth annual golf tournament (four-man scramble) on June 4 at Ellendale Country Club. It will include food and drinks on the course as well as door prizes and golf-related awards for closest to the hole, longest drive and hole-in-ones. It will feature two shotgun starts, one morning flight beginning at 7:30 a.m. and an afternoon flight beginning at 12:30 p.m. The entry fee is $150 per person or $500 per four-member team. Entry fees include mixer registration, green fees, tournament specialty items, golf carts, refreshments, breakfast, lunch, driving range fees, prizes, diddy bag and team photo. The deadline to register is May 25. The registration form is available on the Chamber's Web site at www.houmachamber.com. For information e-mail Kay Thibodeaux at kay@houmachamber.com or call 985-876-5600.</p><p>June 4-7. Jerwaski Coleman's Basketball Academy Camp for boys and girls ages 7-13 will be held June 4-7 from 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at the Houma Junior High Gym. The cost in $40 per camper and there is also a sibling rate. The camp teaches fundamentals to advanced and beginning players. All campers receive a T-Shirt. For information, call Coleman at 855-1982 or email lilwaski12@yahoo.com or at jerwaskicoleman@tpsd.org.</p><p>June 8-9. Terrebonne High School will host its first annual alumni basketball tournament on June 8-9 in the school's gym. The entry fee is $100 per team for pre-registration before June 6 and $125 if registered on the day of the tournament. A $50 deposit is required to pre-register. All proceeds will go to the Terrebonne basketball programs. The tournament is open to all alumni from all local schools. No current high school players are allowed to participate. The tournament will have a double-elimination format, and each team will be guaranteed two games. There will also be a dunk and 3-point contest, with a $10 entry fee. Louisiana High School Athletic Association officials will referee the games. The cost of admission for non-players is $2, and concessions will be provided for all fans and players. For information, call Terrebonne High boys basketball coach Derek Szush at 985-859-4438.</p><p></p><p>June 11-13. The E.D. White Catholic Cardinal Summer Baseball Camp will be held June 11-13 at the Thibodaux school. It's for boys 5-13 and will go from 9 a.m. to noon each day, and the cost is $75 per camper. Campers will be instructed by E.D. White baseball coach Shane Trosclair on pitching, hitting and fielding techniques. For information contact Trosclair at strosclair@htdiocese.org. </p><p>June 11-14 and June 18-21. Vandebilt Catholic will hold its summer baseball camps June 11-14 and June 18-21 from 9 to 11:30 a.m. daily at the school's baseball diamond. The cost is $75 per camper on May 26 and $85 per camper on June 2. Registration will be held at the baseball field entrance from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. each day. Campers will receive a T-shirt and forms can be printed from the school's website (www.vandebiltcatholic.org). For information, call Vandebilt coach Keith Richard at 985-688-6377.</p><p>June 18-21 and June 25-28. The 17th Annual Scott Gauthreaux Skills and Drills Basketball Camp for boys and girls entering kindergarten-ninth grade will be held at the Lisa Park Gym from 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. daily. The cost is $70 per camper or $80 at the door. The cost for two campers is $120 or $150 at the door. One player can also attend both sessions for $120. Gauthreaux, Ellender High's boys coach and Thibodaux High's boys coach Tony Clark will provide instruction. For information call Gauthreaux at 879-4789 or email him at gotro86@gmail.com.</p><p>June 25-29. Challenger Sports will brings its British soccer camp to the Bayou Black Fields in Houma June 25-29. Campers will be instructed by British coaches and the camp is open to boys and girls 3-18. Many sessions are offered from $79 to $171. Team camp rates are also offered. Each camper will receive a soccer T-Shirt, a soccer ball a soccer poster and a personalized skills performance evaluation. For information, visit challengersports.com, call Nick Rundell at 469-713-2737 or contact John Hastings at 876-4270.</p><p>July 16-18. E.D. White Catholic will host a football skills camp on July 16-18 at Yockey Bernard Field at Harvey Peltier Memorial Stadium in Thibodaux. The camp is for boys in grades 4-8, and it will be held from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. each day. The cost is $80, which includes a camp T-Shirt. For information, contact camp instructor Chris Bergeron at 446-8486. </p><p>July 22-28. The Eurotech Soccer Academy will hold a camp for boys and girls 7-18 on July 22-28 at Nicholls State University in Thibodaux. Nicholls soccer coach Dylan Harrison is a regional director for Eurotech Soccer. There are three sessions available (July 22-25, individual techniques and tactics, July 25-28, striker school and shooting and finishing and July 22-28 combo with Sessions 1 and 2). There are numerous camp programs available and tuiton starts at $495 a player. For information visit http://www.eurotechsoccer.com/ResCamps/camplocationla/index_E.html or call 1-800-679-9830.</p>